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registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Trees: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect mature trees in urban areas; and what support his Department provides to local authorities for such protection.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
uin	8007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Local planning authorities have the power to make a Tree Preservation Order to protect trees of amenity value in urban areas. With limited exceptions, it is an offence to cut down, top, lop, uproot, or wilfully damage or destroy a tree protected by an Order, without the authority’s permission. Our web-based planning guidance, <em>Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas</em>, supports authorities in the exercise of these powers.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 07/09/2015 10:09:49 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

391345

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 9.15 of HM Treasury's policy paper, Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, published on 10 July 2015, Cm 9098, what steps he is taking to ensure proposals for automatic planning permission for brownfield sites include adequate provisions to enable local authorities to ensure new homes meet affordable housing standards under section 106 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	8021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We will publish details about how the policy will operate when the Housing Bill is introduced. This will include how further technical details will be agreed, and arrangements for securing essential infrastructure and design quality.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 8020 8022 8023 question first answered 07/09/2015 10:11:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

391352

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 9.15 of HM Treasury's policy paper, Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, published on 10 July 2015, Cm 9098, what steps he is taking to ensure proposals for automatic planning permission for brownfield sites include adequate provisions to enable local authorities to ensure new houses meet quality and space standards.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	8020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We will publish details about how the policy will operate when the Housing Bill is introduced. This will include how further technical details will be agreed, and arrangements for securing essential infrastructure and design quality.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 8021 8022 8023 question first answered 07/09/2015 10:11:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

391415

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures she is taking ahead of the COP21 UN Climate Change Summit to ensure successful outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
uin	8062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing an ambitious legally binding, global Agreement on climate change at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in December this year.</p><p>My right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, are actively engaging with their international counterparts ahead of negotiations in Paris. In June, the Prime Minister joined other G7 leaders in calling for an ambitious climate package to be agreed in Paris, strong language on future ambition and commitment to a long term decarbonisation. The Secretary of State is also engaging with her EU and international counterparts, NGOs and businesses to discuss how we can best deliver on our priorities for a Paris Agreement which includes emission reduction commitments from all countries and a regular review of mitigation ambition alongside a global long term goal, and a set of rules that ensure transparency and accountability of commitments to enable the world to track progress.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 08:41:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

391421

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress she has made on reducing the time taken for homeowners to switch energy and gas supplier; and what forecast she has made of the effect on switching times of the completion of the smart metering implementation programme.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	7974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has worked with Energy UK, Ofgem, suppliers and other key industry partners to develop and implement proposals which have enabled domestic customers to switch supplier within 17 days, half the time it previously took.</p><p>The roll-out of smart metering will make switching energy supplier easier and faster and is a key enabler to 24-hour switching. The Government announced in the Summer Budget 2015 that it will work with Ofgem with the ambition of introducing 24-hour switching by the end of 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 08:37:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie